Ways to Prevent Genocide

Genocide develops in eight stages that are predictable, but yet preventable. It is a complex process that usually occurs in chronological order (Rummel). The crime involves any acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, such as killing members of the group, causing bodily harm to members, trying to prevent births within the group, and/or forcibly transferring children to another group (Rummel). Additionally, there are two research purposes of genocide. The first includes the definition as the intention to murder people because of their group membership, and the second includes any intentional government murder of unarmed and helpless people for whatever reason, which is another word for democide (Rummel). “As a crime, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UHCG), defined genocide as the intention to destroy any type of group for any reason as such” (Rummel). In short, many different interpretations for the word genocide, but every explanation ends the same

History is a phenomenon that has the propensity to repeat itself. Genocides have been committed throughout history, even before the term was assembled in 1944 and accepted by the United Nations in 1946 as a crime under international law. According to the United Nations, genocide is defined as “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” A minimum of twenty-seven genocides have been documented across the world. During the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide and the Ukrainian genocide (Holodomor) transpired. Currently, in the 21st century, the world is witnessing another brutal genocide occurring in Myanmar. A kindred pattern of events is perceived throughout the duration of genocides along with

This means that an authoritative group decides to massacre a group of people based on beliefs or other moral conflicts. Also, “The U.N. contracting parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.” In today’s convention genocide to any of these, acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, national, ethical, racial or religious group that: killing members of the group, causing serious harm to the group, and thereafter children forcefully to other group/ethnicities. The definiton of the term genocide originates from legal expert Raphael Lenkin, when he invented the word by combining the ancient Greek word genos, meaning a race or tribe and the Latin term cide which means killing. Lenkin defined genocide as “the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic

Webster's dictionary defines genocides as the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group. Genocide has existed for thousands of years, and while there are many examples of these horrific events, some of the most well known are the holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda 1994. The United States’ responses to these killings as well as the way in which they ended were similar, but the driving force behind each differed.

    Do you think you have the right to live? Do you think others should decide for you? Genocide is a humanitarian disaster to our society and it has created inhumanity in our world. Because of many devastating murders, the world learned what genocide really is. Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish legal scholar, created the term “genocide,” defining it as acts commited to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group (BKE). Humanity is coming together and realizing the serious results of genocide and are creating awareness; however,  it may not be possible to resolve ethnic cleansing due to the following reasons: the lack of adequate awareness, the struggle to change one’s beliefs and ideas, and history always repeats itself.

Genocide is an extremely broad subject with various different definitions. Genocide could be one or more leaders trying to get rid of a large group of people by killings or attacks, or it can be against a smaller group of people in a less violent manner. Genocide has been a very extreme problem in society and various reports of genocidal events have been recorded in history, but how does one go about finding the precise and accurate definition of a “genocide”? Genocidal acts are placed into different categories and are defined in different degrees. The Commission on Human Rights has set up seven treaties that describe acts of genocide. Regardless of committees’ attempts to limit or abolish acts of genocide, genocide was a very important

What is genocide you ask? Genocide is the deliberate killing of an astronomically immense group of people, especially those of a concrete ethnic group or nation.

Genocide has long had gendered effects, but those effects have long gone relatively understudied as with many other issues relating to feminism in academic scholarship. By gendering our understanding of power and violence, genocide must be rethought and even perhaps redefined, as the reality of genocide often finds itself in conflict with the genocidal realities women have faced throughout time. Through gendering our understanding of genocide in this analysis, the feminist viewpoint provides important acknowledgements for the effects of these human rights abuses on both men and women. Moreover, we will better understand how the

What do the Holocaust, the Nigerian Civil War, the killings in Rwanda during the 1990s, the killings in Bosnia in 1991, and the Holodomor all have in common? They are all examples of genocide. Genocide is the deliberate destruction of a political, religious, racial or ethnic group. Raphael Lemkin, a survivor of the Holocaust, created the term to describe the horrific events of the Holocaust. Although the term “genocide” is a newer term, there are records of mass slaughters that date back to ancient times. During the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler attempted to kill off the entire Jewish population. After not getting any help, Raphael Lemkin took his situation to the United Nations’ court. They debated the case for a long time, and eventually

In December 1948, the then members of the United Nations General Assembly, without contention, passed the Convention on Genocide. It defined what the crime of genocide entailed and that it was an act to be prevented and its perpetrators punished. It has been 66 years since then and we have not been able to fulfill this promise - shattering its very principles time and time again - in places such as

Genocide is one of the evillest moral crimes any ruling authority such as a government can commit against its people and it happens more than we think. A general definition of Genocide is the intention to destroy or murder people because of their race, beliefs, or even political and economic status. As we have been taught in this course Raphael Lemkin, created the term ‘Genocide’ 1944. Lemkin combined the ancient Greek word ‘genos’ which means race and the Latin word ‘cide’ which translates to killing. There are many examples of genocide in the world but the most recognizable is that of the Holocaust and how the German powers that be sought and attempted to kill all Jews. A recent example is the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 where the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana caused a violent reaction resulting in mass killings. In efforts to reduce Genocide, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UNCG) was adopted by the United Nations in 1948 and was placed in force in 1951. On July 1, 2002 the International Criminal Court (ICC) came into force. The ICC not only accepted the UNCG’s definition of Genocide but expanded it to include crimes against humanity such as enslavement, deportation, torture, rape, enforced disappearance and apartheid. There have been many organizations created throughout the world to defend and prevent genocide and even communities, religions and even colleges are forming organizations and these are just some examples of how

“Genocide negatively affects perpetrators by perpetuating distorted thinking about the self and others, including cognitions that dehumanize those who are targeted” (qtd. in “Resolution against Genocide”). Genocide causes millions of innocent individuals and families to be tortured and murdered in numerous inhumane ways. The violence that is used in genocide is caused by the false beliefs inside ones mind. Eugenics, socioeconomic statuses, and racism are three of many factors that contribute to the motives that inspire genocide.

Throughout history there have been atrocious crimes committed against humanity. Those responsible for these mass murders were usually governments, political leaders, or rebels. The “justification” for these inhumane crimes varied from discrimination of race, religion gender or ethnicity. These mass murders are also known as genocide. To make matters worse, for a period of time a majority of those responsible for these unspeakable crimes were not prosecuted. The reason being is that there was no way to bring the perpetrators to justice especially with the volume of victims. This left a feeling of vain and injustice for many victims. As time progressed systems, courts, and laws were implemented to handle this serious crime. The

Initially, the term genocide covered national, racial, ethnic and religious groups as the only groups protected by genocide convention (Naimark 41). However, many scholars have debated to consider and include other groups that may help to liberate the people from the poor governance and threat from autocratic leadership of any given society such as political, cultural, economic, ideological and social groups. These groups play a vital role in promoting cultural and social values of people and cannot be undermined. It is, therefore, logical to respect and protect any attempt to destroy them. On the other hand, political groups are indeed essential to promoting democracy in the country. They discourage and condemn corrupt practices and exploitation of citizens by their leaders. Hence, these groups need protection as they play a prominent role in the society. This is because selfish political leaders may attack

To better understand the atrocities of these wars, one must have knowledge of the definitions of certain terms and war crimes. The ideas of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” are often thrown